I have some gripes about this short but I feel like it's difficult to divorce the artistic representation from a real event. Nevertheless...

I feel like this short does not add anything new to this conversation. A story like this is so visceral and poignant and relevant to us now. However, it feels like watching a (visually stunning) textbook adaption of events. I don't feel like I knew these people because they didn't feel real to me (in this script)…

"Is it better to speak or die?" I am obsessed with this film's focus on the language of restraint. The way these two men communicate without words is fascinating and makes the point about shame and sexuality in the least overwrought way a film has ever done. The final credits of the film even are a perfect example; Elio falls apart silently and so controlled while life moves around him. The 'coming out' scene in the public square is so…

I'd really like to thank Guillermo for not making me watch any truly graphic scenes of Sally Hawkins getting dicked down by a lizard.

Beyond that, I really did enjoy this and while I always knew I liked Sally Hawkins this performance was spectacular. The scene were she begs Giles to understand how it is to be unseen and feel inhuman was just earth-shattering. I could watch it again and again, brilliant.

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took too many film theory courses. pls send help.

★★★★★ - a flaw-free all time favorite ★★★★½ - gorgeous ★★★★ - great ★★★½- good ★★★- worth watching ★★½- not my cup of tea at all ★★- no thank you ★½-oh my.... ★- im sorry you invested in this failed program…